Sunderfeet – 13

Sunderfeet – 13

Domino Media Agency – 2017

Rock, Stoner, Grunge

Rated: ****

Hailing from that dubious town of Strasbourg, France, Sunderfeet was born as a power-trio back around 2012. They started playing a mixture of Queens of The Stone Age, Kyuss, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Nirvana and aren’t afraid to infuse some grand gestures here and there. And they have been doing that ever since. Cause that is wat is highly prevalent on their debut full-sized album 13 which was released two days ago. Stoner, desert, grunge and this unrelenting knack to have the listened on the edge of their seat. The ten gritty tracks on this album are all filled with barred teeth and sweaty hair riffs, with thunderous drums and wicked bass work. But even then, with all that heavy masculine rock going on, there is always some underlying current that makes it all highly accessible, catchy and addictive. Yes, Sunderfeet will put their hooks in you and will have you wiggling your butt to their ferocious rock ‘n roll!

(Written by JK)

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Boris – Dear

Boris – Dear

Sargent House – 2017

Metal, Drone, Rock, Alternative, Avant-Garde

Rated: ***

It’s been out there for a few months. The new album Dear from the lovely Japanese outfit called Boris. They’ve been at it since 1992 and have been hailed as innovators in the heavy rock scene ever since they started. Not sure if that label can be applied to the new Dear record but it pulls the lover of massive layers of distortion and edgy guitars sounds once again with it into its depths. Sure, it goes over the top on many occasion, but when we are treated to tracks like mystical tracks like Beyond with its whispering princess. Or eighties reminiscent Dystopia (Vanishing Point) that slowly builds up to a grandiose curtain call. It is almost a shame it is followed by title track Dear. End result? More questions than answers, but then again, that was probably always Boris’s goal. To questions how far you could take certain things and in what way you could combine all kinds of different extreme styles? Best be listening to this again and see if we can answer it for ourselves…

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Electric Wizard - See You In Hell

 Electric Wizard - See You In Hell

And yes, the UK cult legends Electric Wizard have teamed up with Noisey to premiere the video for the new song See You in Hell, which singer/guitarist Jus Osborn called "the most brutally simple and Neanderthal song ever."

Watch and listen HERE.

The song appears on Wizard Bloody Wizard, the long-anticipated new LP, which is full of cranium-crushing bludgeon rock — a relentless aural brain rape and, like the band's beloved vintage horror/exploitation movies, definitely not for those of a nervous disposition.

Wizard Bloody Wizard arrives via Witchfinder/Spinefarm on November 10

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Back… From the British Isle…

Back… From the British Isle…

Yes, and so we return from that lovely little Island where we were treated to a truckload of lukewarm beers and an equal amount of ciders. We enjoyed the hell out of every town we visited and city we trashed. And only nearly died once… Somewhere in the marshes of the Dartmoor… 

And now we’re back and shall be trying to get some HiVing done! 

So, what have you been up to? Or what album has been spinning like crazy at your place? 

Yes, let's put on some fine music and imagine we're back at the Doom Bar... 

The Doom Chart for August 2017

The Doom Chart for August 2017

“A new consciousness is developing which sees the earth as a single organism and recognizes that an organism at war with itself is doomed. We are one planet. One of the great revelations of the age of space exploration is the image of the earth finite and lonely, somehow vulnerable, bearing the entire human species through the oceans of space and time.” ~ Carl Sagan

The world as I’ve known it has changed its perspective many times over during my life. People are separate or together, introverts or extroverts, anxious or serene, as well as falling somewhere in between them all. All are individuals, of their own minds and opinions. The only place I’ve ever witnessed a collective consciousness consistently at work is within the crowd at a live heavy music performance.

The attendees and performers of live heavy music events are unlike any other collection of people I’ve been a part of. This is important – not “apart from”, but “a part of.” It’s a community like no other, all individuals with primarily one goal – get the music heard and loved and shared. Attending more heavy music events than I could ever count, I will continue to attend all I can – until ripped from this mortal coil, smiling as I raise my middle finger on one hand and throw horns with the other. Hopeful that happens at the end of a show after the last band, but until then I’ll continue my part to achieve that goal.

Compiling newer music we’ve found, heard, and loved, there is a tallied collection of 25 heavy music options shared every month on the Doom Charts for you discover (or rediscover). A hot, sultry August edition is here to swelter in, as this month there are FOURTEEN new albums in their debut appearance on the charts, with one album revisiting! (A Doom Chart revisit is a rare occurrence for an album that’s been out for a spell, but I think it’s damned cool when it happens.) All these incredible releases to peruse, listen to, and share with other like-minded, individual music-loving maniacs like yourselves. Find your great revelations, People of Earth!

Welcome to Doom Charts, representing some of the finest bloggers, journalists, radio and podcasters, and album reviewers from the doom-stoner-heavy underground around the globe. Each month, our critics submit their picks for the best new doom, sludge metal, stoner-psychedelic and heavy rock albums. The results are compiled and tabulated into the chart below. This is a one-stop shop for the best new albums in the world…

The Doom Chart For August 2017

This month tallied by Bucky and edited by Leanne...